Gate-hanging means.



C. S. WHITWORTH.

GATE HANGING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1914.

Patented-Dec. 1, 1914.

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Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

C. S. WHITWORTH.

GATE HANGING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAILS, 1914.

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CHARLES S. WHITWORTH, CEAR FALLS, IOWA.

GATE-HANGING MEANS.

Specification of vLetters *Patent Application led March 9, 1914. Serial No. 823,498.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. WHIT- wonrn, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America., and a resident of Cedar Falls, Blackhawk county, Iowa, have invented ceri tain -new and useful Improvements in Grate- Hanging Means, of which the following is a specilicaticn.

My invention relates to improvements in gate-hanging means, and the object of my improvement is to adapt thehinges of a gate, or more particularly, of a gate of iiexible construction, so that the rear stile of the gate be supported for vertical adjustment, while yet being hinged to horizontally swing from its support. This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: j

Figure 1 is a side elevation of'part of a flexible gate, including the rear stile in vertical section, and the gate supports being also shown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a `perspective view of the oriced engaging body for the upper part of thefrear stile. Fig. 3 is an under plan view of said orificed body, andl Fig. 4 is a variation of said body in perspective. Fig. 5 is a reduced side elevation of the flexible gate equipped with my said improvements.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The flexible gate shown in said Fig. 5 is of the well known type comprising front and rear stiles 18 and 1, respectively, connected by means of spaced horizontal tubular bars 8 and 12 connected thereto by meansy of pivot bolts 9 and 13. The stiles, however, are formed of U-shaped channel bars with their longitudinal openings placed oppositely and directed inwardly, and a plurality of hook-bolts 7 are inserted one above another in the rear stile 1 through openings therein, and secured thereto by means ofthe nuts 27. A plurality of connecting wires 17 are connected between said hook-bolts and the head stile 18,as shown. A pair of pair of wires 24, whose forward ends are connected to a clip 26, and whose rear ends Patented nec. 1, m14.

are secured to springs 25, which latter are secured to the upper end of the stile 1. The clip 26 maybe adjusted along the head stile 1S, and the springs 25 then yieldingly hold the head stile in an adjusted frictional engagement with the clip. -The gate has in its head stile, the movable bolt 19, which-is adapted to be engaged with a catch 20 onthe head post 30, and swinging members 21 are mounted to rock on said Vhead postv and permit the head stile to pass between them by lifting them first, then dropping down when the stile isbetween them, to hold the stile in that position.

The numeral 14 denotes a fixed support or post which is oriticed to receivethe eye-bolts 2 and 10 spaced apartabove'each other and kept in alinement by means of nuts 3 and 11. The stile 1 is seated slidably within the eyes 2 and 10 and is held in an adjusted-position -on the uppermost bracket or eye-bolt 2 by the following parts.`

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the numeral 4 denotes ajdisk-shaped body having an opening 6 curved at one end and squared at the opposite end and adapted to iittingly and slidably seat the U-shaped rear stile 1. Said disk 4 has a depending integral part 5 which is adapted to be seated inside of the orifice of the eye-bolt 2 and has its outer side curved to tit said eye,.and to prevent its being withdrawn therefrom when the stile 1 is passed through both the eyebolt and the eye 4. The body 4 is thus adapted to rock on the eye 2, but the stile 1 is prevented from yrocking in thel orifice of the body 4, although vertically slidable therethrough. The stile 1' is provided with serted adjustably above the body 4 when said stile has been elevated sutliciently. It will be seen that the above arrangement of the parts permits the gate to be freely swung horizontally at any adjusted vertical position. The gate may thus be adjusted vertically away from the ground at a desired distance, and yet, is held rigidly in swung to and fro.

The use of the U-shaped-channel bars for the stiles is both useful and convenient not only in assembling the gate because of the convenience of Y'securing the hook-bolts 7 thereto, but also, because of the great place when being strength of such bars which receive the thrust of the suspending parte ot' the gate. The shape of the said channel bars lends itself favorably to my important method of adjustably mounting the rear stile, and supporting it at desired distances from the ground. However, l do not confine myself to a U-shaped channel bar stile l, for other forms may be used with my hanging-means. For instance, in Fig. 4 is shown a variation of the oriiiced body il, in which the forward part only is retained with its depending part 5. These parts Will remain secured to the eye-bolt 2 when 'the stile l is inserted, and in that case, the pin 16 rests upon the eye 2.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. Grate hanging means, comprising in combination, a gate-stile of U-shaped sec tion, a fixed support, brackets on said support having alined orifices to receive said stile slidably, a body removably supported on the uppermost bracket, having a fitting orifice to receive said stile slidably, and having a depending portion passed rotatably through the orifice of the supporting bracket and engaging the squared edges ot' said stile, and means adjustably secured upon the stile lor adjustably supporting said stile upon said oriliced body.

2. (late-hanging means, comprising in combination, a gate-stile of U-shaped section, a (ixed support, brackets on said support having circular alined orifices to receive said stile slidably, a body removably supported on the uppermost bracket, having a fitting orifice to receive said stile, and having a depending portion passed rotatably through the orilice of the supporting bracket and engaging the squared edges ot said stile and the abutting curved edge of said bracket, said stile having a plurality ot transverse holes one above another, and a pin adapted for insertion into any of the holes to adjustably support the stile upon the said stile fitting oriliced body.

3. Gate hanging means, comprising in combination, a gate-stile otl Lil-shaped section, a iXed support, annular brackets on said support having alined orifices to receive said stile slidably, a body removably supported on one ot' the brackets having an orifice shaped to it about said stile slidably, said body having a depending' portion seated rotatably in the orifice of the bracket and having one side squared to lit the squared edges of the stile and its opposite part annularly grooved to engage and lit the inner Wall of the bracket to be thereby locker against longitudinal displacement when said parts are assembled, and means tor supporting said stile upon said body.

Signed at Cedar Falls, Ia., this 20th day of Feb., 1914.

CHARLES S. WHITWORTH.

Witnesses:

GEO. C. KENNEDY, lV. H. BRUNN.

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Washington, D. C. 

